Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel

[Brett Glass]

There is a huge problem in that the CDDL is "viral." It "infects"
products with which it is combined. You can read the text of the
CDDL at

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php

Section 3.1 of the CDDL is the portion which is essentially equivalent
to the GPL. 

This is part of the nastiness of viral licenses.

--Brett Glass

At 07:06 AM 4/14/2007, Philipp Wuensche wrote:
 
>Brett Glass wrote:
>> I just read with some concern the announcement that Sun's ZFS has been
>> integrated into the FreeBSD kernel. This would mean, unfortunately, that
>> FreeBSD is now covered by the CDDL, which is a viral license similar to
>> the GPL. Has FreeBSD abandoned its longstanding practice of keeping the
>> kernel truly free?
>
>Maybe this blog entry brings some light:
>http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/copyrights_licenses_and_cddl_illustrated
>
>I don't see a problem. If you use CDDL licensed stuff like ZFS, you need
>to provide the source, thats it.
>
>greetigns,
>philipp